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Japan invades China
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Munich Conference
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Non-Aggression Pact
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Germany Invades Poland
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Blitzkrieg
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Battle of Britain
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Lend-Lease Act
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Operation Barbarossa
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Pearl Harbor
Japan attacked the U.S. partially because of the stop of trading with them. This is when FDR asked congress to declare war on Japan. The war had begun for America and production of war goods was at its peak. The economy had been boosted and women were put to work in factories. -
Bataan Death March
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Battle of Midway
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Battle of Stalingrad
A battle between Germany and Russia. Germany was in full retreat. It is not clear why Hitler wanted to take over Stalingrad however, it was Russias center of communication and manufactoring. During this time the Russians were still devastated by the previous blitzkrieg during Operation Barbarossa. -
D-Day
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Battle of the Bulge
It was the largest battle fought on the Western Front in Europe during World War II. it is also the largest battle ever fought by the United States Army. It was a German plan to wedge between the American and British armies in France. 90,000 Allies died and 100,000 Germans died. The Allies took the victory in the Battle of the Bulge. -
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Battle of Iwo Jima
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Battle of Okinawa
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The Holocaust
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V-E Day
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The Bombing of Hiroshima
The first atomic bomb dropped. The explosion wiped out 90% of the city immediately. It killed 80,000 people. The atomic bombs name was "Little Boy" and was a plutonium gun type bomb. It exploded 2,000 feet above Hiroshima and still caused mass destruction. -
The Bombing of Nagasaki
This was the second and last bomb dropped in Japan. Within two days Japan surrendered. There were 87,000 deaths and 70% of the city's industrial zone was destroyed. The U.S. also wanted to make a point to other countrys such as Russia that we weren't playing any games. -
V-J Day
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Warsaw Pact
A military pact by the Soviet Union and its allies. This was in response to the NATO pact that the Allied Powers had formed. In the 1980s when the USSR was deminishing and communism fell the Warsaw Pact ended in Prague 1991